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The night swimmers

The night swimmers

Children's BooksJuvenile
Pages
144
Published
1983
Language
English

Synopsis

After the death of their mother, Retta steps into a maternal role for her two younger brothers while their father works nights. She struggles to keep things running smoothly, finding that being a parent is harder than it looks. This poignant story explores the challenges of grief and growing up too fast.

Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

EmotionalMelancholic
Coming of AgeFamily Saga

Genres

Children's Books Juvenile

Authors

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Betsy Cromer Byars

Betsy Cromer Byars (born August 7, 1928) is an American author of children's books. Her novel Summer of the Swans won the 1971 Newbery Medal. She has also received a National Book Award for Young People's Literature for The Night Swimmers (1980) and an Edgar Award for Wanted ... Mud Blossom (1991). Byars has been called "one of the ten best writers for children in the world" by Nancy Chambers, editor of the British literary journal Signal, and in 1987 Byars received the Regina Medal for lifet...

Characters

RettaProtagonist
All characters in The night swimmers